21.   A new public opinion poll says conventional wisdom may be all wet.

22.   A New York Times poll says Al Gore is picking up steam, which is considered good, though picking up steam can lead to blowing smoke.

23.   A similar pattern emerged in the Senate, the polls said.

24.   A recent newspaper poll said half the German electorate considers the party superfluous.

25.   A solid majority supports the uprising with the belief that it is a war of independence, the poll says.

26.   About half the voters are still undecided, the polls say.

27.   But conventional political wisdom holds that a politician cannot be too supportive of the death penalty, when polls say that nearly three out of four Americans favor it.

28.   But national polls say something else.

29.   But polls say most Canadians by now are more worried about jobs and social programs.

30.   But so does Primakov, who, polls say, would easily defeat Zyuganov in a head-to-head presidential vote.